Fried foods have long been frowned upon. Nevertheless, the skillet is about the handiest and most useful piece of kitchen equipment. Lumberjacks and others engaged in active work, who need four thousand calories or more a day, eat about one-third of their food fried. Meats, eggs and fish cooked in this manner are served in millions of homes daily, probably because frying is a quick and easy method of cooking. It seems that, contrary to expectations, people who eat these foods do not suffer more from indigestion than do those who insist upon broiling, roasting or boiling. Some years ago, a doctor investigated the digestibility of fried potatoes. He found that the pan-fried variety was more easily broken down for digestion than deep-fried potatoes. Even the deep-fat variety, however, dissolved within the digestive tract more readily than boiled potatoes.
· What is the writer talking about?
Que muchas familias prefieren la facilidad de cocción y fritura de alimentos que nos hace más pesada indigestión.
· What is the author trying to tell me?
Que, a pesar de que uno piensa que comer fritas es malo, hace que la digestión tiene más de lo que gastan asar, hervir los alimentos.
· What new formation have I learnt?"
Que comer cosas fritas no es tan malo, pero tenemos que hacerlo moderadamente
· Which words in the text are associated with foods?
Sartén, carnes, huevos y pescado, patatas
· Which words refer to methods of cooking?
Fried, broiling, asar o hervir
Fried foods have long been frowned upon. Nevertheless, the skillet is about the handiest and most useful piece of kitchen equipment. Lumberjacks and others engaged in active work, who need four thousand calories or more a day, eat about one-third of their food fried. Meats, eggs and fish cooked in this manner are served in millions of homes daily, probably because frying is a quick and easy method of cooking. It seems that, contrary to expectations, people who eat these foods do not suffer more from indigestion than do those who insist upon broiling, roasting or boiling. Some years ago, a doctor investigated the digestibility of fried potatoes. He found that the pan-fried variety was more easily broken down for digestion than deep-fried potatoes. Even the deep-fat variety, however, dissolved within the digestive tract more readily than boiled potatoes.
· What is the writer talking about?
Que muchas familias prefieren la facilidad de cocción y fritura de alimentos que nos hace más pesada indigestión.
· What is the author trying to tell me?
Que, a pesar de que uno piensa que comer fritas es malo, hace que la digestión tiene más de lo que gastan asar, hervir los alimentos.
· What new formation have I learnt?"
Que comer cosas fritas no es tan malo, pero tenemos que hacerlo moderadamente
· Which words in the text are associated with foods?
Sartén, carnes, huevos y pescado, patatas
· Which words refer to methods of cooking?
Fried, broiling, asar o hervir